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beldame
/ˈbɛldəm/
noun 2
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2ADJ.
aged, homely, old
VERB + BELDAME
hobbling
Definitions
noun
1
A grandmother.
There he was welcom'd of that honeſt ſyre, / And of his aged Beldame homely well; / Who him beſought himſelfe to diſattyre, / And reſt himſelfe, till ſupper time befell.
Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.
2
An old woman, particularly an ugly one.
Justice is an old hobbling beldame, and I can't get her to keep pace with Generosity, for the soul of me.
[…] have a curiosity to hear my fortune told: therefore, Sam, order the beldame forward.
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There he was welcom'd of that honeſt ſyre, / And of his aged Beldame homely well; / Who him beſought himſelfe to diſattyre, / And reſt himſelfe, till ſupper time befell.
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Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich fo
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Justice is an old hobbling beldame, and I can't get her to keep pace with Generosity, for the soul of me.
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